Terahertz quantum cascade lasers based on resonant phonon scattering for depopulation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1815, 2004, Pages 233-249

  Hu, Qing ^a   Williams, Benjamin S ^a   Kumar, Sushil ^a   Callebaut, Hans ^a   Reno, John L ^b   Roskos, H ^c   Faist, J ^d   Smith, G ^e  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intersubband; Longitudinal optical (LO) phonon; Metal waveguides; Quantum cascade lasers; Quantum wells; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

EID: 1042267851     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1314     Document Type: Article

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